So, seeing that we’re already mulling over the DSII Duel Scene, has anyone ever considered using the editing trick of cutting out a frame every time before the lightsabers hit to make the fight a little more brutal? I think with how we’re accentuating how Rey is somewhat losing herself to the Dark Side during this scene, I think it would be a good albeit subtle change to the scene.
Cutting out frames does indeed help, since in the original they wait like 1 second for each strike, this doesn’t really convey Rey’s mood. I tried doing this once, and the result is almost prequel-like (in the good sense) in some of the most intense parts.
It also would work much better for those editors using Duel of the fates or Battle of the heroes to rescore the duel.